The common box styles
Mailer box, tuck-end carton, rigid box with lid, and sleeve and tray. Product models come from your CAD or are built from your measurements.
Packaging in 3D, by Northbound
See the box before you print it.
We turn your dieline into a 3D viewer your client can open on any phone. They can turn the box, open it, see every item laid out, and check how it ships, all before a single sample is made.
Five working days from files to finished viewer.
Try it: switch box styles at the top, views underneath, and drag to turn.Demo brands are made up.
What you get
What’s in every viewer
Built in millimetres from your dimensions and your artwork.
Four views
Closed, open, each item laid out with its name, and packed in the shipping box. Extra views for colourways, inserts or gift sets.
Your artwork, cut from the flat
We mark each face on your dieline or print PDF, so the box shows the real print, bleed and all trimmed off.
A link and a file
A private link to send round, and a single file that opens offline on any computer or phone. Nothing to install.
A spec panel
Outside size, board, print, insert and contents sit beside the model, so the viewer doubles as the sign-off sheet.
Who it’s for
Made for the people who sign off boxes
Agencies, box makers and brands all get the same thing: a box everyone can check before anything is printed.
Packaging agencies
Present a concept in 3D before you pay for a mock-up. We can deliver it under your name, or you can buy the app and make them in-house.
Box makers and printers
Show customers their box before the sample run, made by us or by your own team with the app. Fewer rounds of samples and faster approvals.
Brands launching a product
A 3D unboxing for your launch or crowdfunding page, and a clear spec to sign off with your factory.
Process
How it works
Five working days from files to finished viewer.
01
Send the files
Dieline or print-ready PDF, box sizes, the product, and a list of what goes in the box.
02
First version in 3 days
A private link you can check on your phone and pass to your team.
03
One round of changes
Swap artwork, move an insert, add a view or a colourway.
04
Delivered on day 5
The link and the offline file, yours to share with clients and suppliers.
Pricing
Fixed prices
Half up front, half on delivery.
Single box
£750
One box style, up to four items.
- Four views
- Spec panel
- One round of changes
- Link and offline file
Range
£1,800
Up to four sizes or colourways.
- All versions in one viewer
- Switched with tabs at the top
- Everything in Single box
Agency
£1,200 a month
White label, up to three a month.
- Delivered under your studio’s name
- Your logo on the page
The Studio app
Price on request
Make your own viewers in-house.
- The app we build every viewer with
- Drop in dielines and product models
- Export a viewer to send
- Works offline on Mac and PC
Changes after sign-off are £75 an hour, quoted before we start. Prices exclude VAT.
Getting started
What we need from you
Most people have all of this already.
Artwork
The dieline or print-ready PDF. A flat PNG or JPG works too.
Box sizes
Length, depth and height in millimetres, plus the board if you know it.
The product
A 3D model (GLB, STL or OBJ from SolidWorks, Fusion, Vectorworks and the like), or photos with measurements.
What’s in the box
A simple list: product, cables, cards, inserts.
Contact
Send us a dieline
Send one of your boxes and we’ll reply with a quote and a turnaround date. Built by a production designer with 16 years of 3D visualisation for stages, events and installations.